Type setting or composing machine.



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No. 662,724. Patented Nov. 27, I900.

P. E. HODGKIN & W. MAY.

TYPE SETTING 0R COMPDSING MACHINE.

(Application filed Jan. 20. 1899.?

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Patented Nov. 27, I900. P. E. HODGKIN & w. MAY.

TYPE SETTING 0R CUMPUSING MACHINE.

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TYPE SETTlNG OR COMPOSING MACHINE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,724, dated November27, 1900.

Application filed January 20,1899. serial No. 702,807. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PHILIP ELIOT HODG- KIN and WALTER MAY, subjects ofthe Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Nine Elms, London,England, have invented Improvements in Type Setting or ComposingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to type-setting machines of the kind in whichtype are fed through separatefeeding-channelsintoacommon main channelwhich leads them direct to a packingdevice by which they are pushedforward into a composing-channel; and it consists in variousimprovements in such machines whereby the efficiency of the same isconsiderably increased, as we shall now describe with reference to theaccompanying illustrated drawings, wherein-'- Figures 1, 2, and 3 show,respectively, in front elevation, side elevation, and plan so much of atype-setting machine as is necessary to illustrate the nature of thisinvention. Fig. 4 is a section on the line A B of Fig. 1.

In machines of the kind referred to it often happens that type becomejammed in the main channel at or near the junctions thereof with thefeeding-channels, thereby causinga block, which has heretoforenecessitated considerable labor and loss of time to remove, thusseriously interfering with the efficiency of the machine. Now accordingto this invention in order to obviate this disadvantage and enable typethat may have become jammed together, as stated, to be instantly removedfrom the channel or channels, so that the working of the machine can becon tinued without the serious loss of time heretofore usual, aportionof the board or upright in which the main and feeding channels areformed is so constructed and arranged that it can be readily and quicklymoved by the machine-operator away from the remaining portion of theboarder upright and into a position in which type that may have becomejammed will fall away by gravity and so leave the channel or channelsclear for succeeding type.

In the construction shown in the accompanying drawings the board orupright 1, in which the feeding and main type channels 2 and 3,respectively, are formed, is for the purpose mentioned provided with amovable rear portion 4, adapted to form the back and one side of themain channel 3 and part of the feeding-channels 2 where thesejoin themain channel. This movable rear portion 4 is pivoted at its upper end at4, so as to turn about a horizontal axis, and is adapted to be turnedbackward and upward against the action of gravity, and also it may beagainst that of a spring 5, by suitable means, such as a suitably-guidedcord 6 under the control of the machine-operator, the arrangement beingsuch that when type become jammed in the main type-channel 301' at thejunction of the main and feeding type-channels 3 and 2 the said pivotedrear portion at can be immediately turned upward and away fromvtheremaining fixed portions of the channels, as indicated in dotted linesin Fig. 2, and the type permitted to fall through aguide 4: into asuitable receptacle, such as a pi-boX 4;".

To enable the operator to readily see the last character composed beforethe block or jamming took place, there is provided in connection withthe horizontal type-channel 7, which is below the vertical main channel3 and in front of the packing device, a pusher 8, that may consist, asin the example shown, of a bent bar, one end portion of which eX- tendsinto the type-channel 7 below the packing device and the other endportion of which is brought to the front of the machine, so that it canbe readily pulled forward by a handle 8, so as to bring forward the rowof composed type A in the horizontal channel 7 and permit the last typeto be seen, after which the composed matter is pushed back by a follower9, which may consist of a strip of spring-steel bent to the shape shown,so as to adapt it to slide in and fit the sides of the type-channel 7and to bear against and prevent the type rising,

To hold the rear type A in the horizontal composing-channel 7 in properposition as they are received fromthe eccentric packing device 10 at therear, there is or may be provided at one side andnear the rear end ofthe channel 7 a box or holder 12, that is pressed by a spring 13 againstone side of the adjacent type as they are successively received from thepacking device and holds such type in a vertical position,whilepermitting of their being moved forward by fresh type from the rear. Thebox or holder 12 may consist of a piece of thin sheet metal carried byor acted upon by the spring 13 and comprising a vertical side portionbearing against the rear type A and a bottom side bearing upon the topof one of the side walls of the composing-channel 7. When thecomposing-channel 7 is empty, the box or holder 12 is held back by thefollower 9 until the first type of the line to be assembled enters thechannel.

What we claim is-- l. A type-composing machine of the kind referred towherein the board or upright in which the main and feeding type-channelsleading to the packing device are formed is made in two portions, one ofwhich is movable so that it can be moved away from the other portion ofsaid board or upright and is grooved so as to form part of the typechannel or channels, substantially as described for the purposespecified.

2. In a type-composing machine of the kind herein referred to, a boardor upright formed with feeding and main type-channels and provided witha movable rear portion adapted to form the back and one side of the mainchannel, and means for moving said rear portion backward whereby typejammed between the sides of the channel will be released and allowed tofall, substantially as described.

3. In a type-composing machine, a board or upright formed with feedingand main type channels and having a rear portion adapted to form theback and one side of the main channel and part of the feedingchannels,

said rear portion being pivoted at its upper end, means adapted to turnsaid rear portion backward and upward, and means acting to close saidrear portion, substantially as described for the purpose specified.

4. In a type-setting machine of the kind herein referred to, thecombination of vertical and horizontal type-channels, an eccentricpacking device arranged at the junction of the said channels, and atype-holder arranged at one side of and near the rear end of saidhorizontal type-channel and comprising a vertical side portion adaptedto bear against one side of the adjacent type as they are succesr

